diff --git a/website/source/docs/internals/replication.html.md b/website/source/docs/internals/replication.html.md
index 3ce336a850..cc11b19232 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/internals/replication.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/internals/replication.html.md
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ will automatically reconcile with the primary.
 
 Lastly, clients can speak to any Vault server without a thick client. If a
 client is communicating with a standby instance, the request is automatically
-forwarded to a active instance. Secondary clusters will service reads locally
+forwarded to an active instance. Secondary clusters will service reads locally
 and forward any write requests to the primary cluster. The primary cluster is
 able to service all request types.